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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Folic Acid

A multivitamin is a supplement containing several vitamins including Folic Acid.
Have you taken a multivitamin sometime during the past six months?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,095 8,475 56.8 55.5-58.1 5,620 43.2 41.9-44.5
-Catawba County 387 225 54.8 47.7-61.7 162 45.2 38.3-52.3
GENDER
Male 134 61 39.5 29.6-50.4 73 60.5 49.6-70.4
Female 253 164 67.2 59.0-74.6 89 32.8 25.4-41.0
RACE
White 342 201 59.0 52.0-65.7 141 41.0 34.3-48.0
Other 44 24 37.0 21.4-55.9 20 63.0 44.1-78.6
AGE
18-44 104 62 57.8 44.9-69.8 42 42.2 30.2-55.1
45+ 281 162 52.3 45.4-59.1 119 47.7 40.9-54.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 85 45.8 35.1-56.9 78 54.2 43.1-64.9
Some College + 224 140 61.6 52.9-69.6 84 38.4 30.4-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 107 48.7 38.7-58.9 84 51.3 41.1-61.3
$50,000+ 144 89 63.5 53.1-72.8 55 36.5 27.2-46.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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